What School to Choose?

Deciding which setting's right for your child.

Susan Alexander Yates

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September 14, 2007 8:35 PM

Lynn Tennessee

My children have been attending christian school for a few years. This was after being in the public school. I have not had a good experience with the christian school , but I do believe that each child is different. My oldest child went to public all through school, but she was very out going and wanted to go. My middle child spent 8 years in public, and then we deicded she would be better in a christian school. Now our third child, has been public, christain and now back to public. He is very much involved in sports, and the private school did not have alot to offer. I want to say one thing, before you do send your child to a private school, do YOUR HOMEWORK!! Make unannounced visits, sit in the classroom. We saw the potential for a great school, but the administration was not very sound. I regret not doing my homework, and now my children are suffering, by having to take extra classes to get through. The most important thing is to always pray about everything.

September 14, 2007 6:36 PM

Stephanie, Texas

The public school is an agnostic environment at best and I won't mention it at worst. To believe that a child can have a strong enough faith in the elementary school years to combat the anti christian message that will bombard them for 7 hours out of the day, is optomistic thinking. We owe our children a biblical education that teaches them to think on their own and bases the foundation of their education on the Bible. There isn't a public school around that provides that. The question I would like to see parents really ask themselves is this: if all the schools were free - is the public school the one you would chose? If it isn't - it is time to stand up and fight for that choice; afterall, you are paying for that free public school.